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Carcharhinus brevipinna (Valenciennes, 1839)

Spinner shark
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Philippines country information

Common names: Pating
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Specimens collected by motor ship Spencer F. Baird from Turung Bay, Malampaya Sound, Palawan, October 1947 (no sex, 99.0 cm) (Ref. 280); by the WWF Elasmobranch project with 4 whole individuals and one pair of dried jaws from Pasil Fish Port I. (Cebu); Matahimik, Puerto Princesa City (Palawan); Negros Occidental in Palapala Fish Port, Cadiz City and Sagay Public Market, Sagay, 15 April 1999 (unknown sex and TL) (Ref. 47736, 47737). Reported from Tañon Strait in the Visayas and Sulu-Suluwesi. The Cadiz specimen was noted to be taken from Samal Is., Davao. (Ref. 47736). Also Ref. 244, 9997 (remarked as possible occurrence), 110893. Occurrence: Matahimik, Puerto Princesa City and Turung Bay, Malampaya Sound, Palawan; Pasil Fish Port I., Cebu; Tañon Strait, Visayas; Palapala Fish Port, Cadiz City (noted as taken from Samal Is., Davao) and Sagay Public Market, Sagay, Negros Occidental; Sulu-Sulawesi.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., P.R. Last, J.D. Stevens and M.N.R. Alava, 2005
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Common names from other countries

Requin tisserand, Tiburón aleta negra, Long-nose grey shark, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Carcharhinus: karcharos (Gr.), sharp or jagged; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, both words alluding to a shark's jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish);  brevipinna: brevis (L.), short; pinna (L.) fin, referring to small pectoral and first dorsal fins. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 100 m (Ref. 27000), usually 0 - ? m (Ref. 55179).   Subtropical; 40°N - 38°S, 100°W - 155°E (Ref. 55179)

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